Key from String in Java RSA

Question

I am using in my app RSA cryptography. To store generated public key I convert it to String and then save it in database.

    Key publicKey=null;
    Key privateKey=null;

    KeyPair keyPair=RsaCrypto.getKeyPairRSA(1024);
    publicKey=keyPair.getPublic();
    privateKey=keyPair.getPrivate();



    String publicK=Base64.encodeToString(publicKey.getEncoded(), Base64.DEFAULT);
    String privateK=Base64.encodeToString(privateKey.getEncoded(), Base64.DEFAULT);

I save Strings publicK and privateK . My problem is, when I want to encrypt/decrypt text with RSA and use my saved Key in String format I don't know how to convert it to Key .

public static String encrypt(Key publicKey, String inputText){
    byte[]encodedBytes=null;
    String encryptedText="";
    try {
        Cipher cipher=Cipher.getInstance("RSA");
        cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, publicKey);
        encodedBytes=cipher.doFinal(inputText.getBytes());
    } catch (Exception e) {Log.e("Error", "RSA encryption error");  }

    encryptedText=Base64.encodeToString(encodedBytes, Base64.DEFAULT);
    return encryptedText;
}

Do you have any idea? Thanks a lot

Answer 1

To convert publicK(String) to Public Key do as below :

byte[] keyBytes = Base64.decode(publicK.getBytes("utf-8"));
X509EncodedKeySpec spec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(keyBytes);
KeyFactory keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
PublicKey key = keyFactory.generatePublic(spec);

To convert privateK(String) to Private Key do as below :

byte[] keyBytes = Base64.decode(privateK.getBytes("utf-8"));
PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(keyBytes);
KeyFactory fact = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
PrivateKey priv = fact.generatePrivate(keySpec);

Answer 2

Could not able to comment on the previous post. I would like to know what is "clear" in

PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(clear);

Answer 3

I can only assume the line:

PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(clear);

with "clear" was meant to be "keyBytes"